Hier kommt mal eine Zusammenstellung, welches "Programm" was macht. "links to" ist eigentlich nur korrekt für *nix, Windows kann das so nicht in dieser einfacen einfachen Form:
Program name links to comment (used option)
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pdftex pdftex pdf mode or dvi mode (-output-format dvi)
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(-output-format dvi)
luatex luatex in pdf or dvi mode (-output-format dvi)
lualatex luatex format latex in pdf or dvi mode
(-output-format dvi)
dviluatex luatex dvi mode
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xetex xetex in pdf or xdv mode (-no-pdf)
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texexec pdftex/xetex cont-en format in pdf or dvi mode (--dvi)
context luatex cont-en format in pdf mode
xmltex pdftex xml parser with dvi output
pdfxmltex pdftex xml parser in pdf or dvi mode
(-output-format dvi)
jadetex pdftex Jade/OpenJade in dvi mode
pdfjadetex pdftex Jade/OpenJade in pdf or dvi mode
(-output-format dvi)
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pdfmtex pdftex special format for polish in pdf or dvi mode
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cslatex pdftex special format for czech/slovak in dvi mode
pdfcslatex pdftex special format for czech/slovak in pdf
or dvi mode (-output-format dvi)
csplain pdftex special plain format for czech/slovak in dvi mode
pdfcsplain pdftex special plain format for czech/slovak in pdf
or dvi mode (-output-format dvi)
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lamed aleph aleph with format latex in dvi mode
amstex pdftex special format in pdf or dvi mode
(-output-format dvi)
texsis pdftex special format for physic papers in pdf
or dvi mode (-output-format dvi)